• Question: Why do boomerangs come back?

    Asked by anon-202036 to Andy on 5 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Andy Buckley

      Andy Buckley answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      Boomerangs are a little pair of wings, but not symmetrical so they generate different amounts of lift. This makes it curve around in the air when spinning fast, and then it flies back along a straighter path toward the end when it’s running out of puff.

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